Description
Tazlina Glacier is located heads 1.6 mi. N of Mount Cashman, trends N to its 1960 terminus, 1 mi. S of Tazlina Lake and 43 mi. N of Valdez, Chugach Mts.
History
Lieutenant Allen (1887, map), USA, obtained Ahtena Indian name "Tezlina" for the present-day Tazlina River (p. 62). W. C. Mendenhall, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), is responsible for applying the Indian stream name, which he spelled Taxlina (Takhlina), to the glacier at the stream's head in 1898. Tazlina (Tas-lin'tna) means "swift river."